Helen Whately: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has last visited the following educational institutions: Primary and Secondary School: King Solomon Academy, London – 29 April 2021 Further Education College: Darlington College, Darlington – 11 April 2022 University: Aston University, Birmingham – 2 August 2021
Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding is planned to be made available to Darlington College of Art (a) if it remains in Darlington and (b) if it moves to Plymouth, Torbay or Falmouth; whether the college would be eligible for Objective One funding if it moved to Falmouth; and if he will make a statement.
Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding is planned to be made available to Darlington College of Art (a) if it remains in Darlington and (b) if it moves to Plymouth, Torbay or Falmouth; whether the college would be eligible for Objective One funding if it moved to Falmouth; and if he will make a statement.
Jenny Chapman: May I reinforce the point made in the two previous interventions and speak about social mobility? When I discuss the issue with the principals of Darlington college and Queen Elizabeth sixth form college in Darlington, they say that although they are getting better and better at producing the right grades to get their students into good jobs and good universities, their students are still...
Nadhim Zahawi: I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I am delighted that Darlington College will offer T-levels in education and childcare and in engineering and manufacturing from next year. If we can make T-levels as famous as A-levels, Mr Speaker, you and I will have done something really great by the end of this Parliament. I am grateful for the efforts of Darlington College to help learners to catch...
Robert Halfon: ...visited Northumbria University, Exeter University, Queen Mary University and the following colleges with higher education provision: Mid Kent College, City of Liverpool College, Stafford College and Darlington College. The government highly values our world class higher education system, recognising its role as a catalyst for economic growth and innovation, and as a crucial foundation for...
Bill Rammell: ...award nor transfer Benchmark Bolton Institute of Higher Education 31.9 23.0 The University of Bradford 18.6 18.2 City University 15.4 14.9 Cranfield University 21.3 18.0 Darlington College of Arts 23.0 15.3 University of Derby 27.0 20.9 The University of East Anglia 12.7 11.7 The University of East London 26.0 24.3 Edge Hill College of Higher...
Jenny Chapman: I rise to present this petition on behalf of more than 500 students and staff from Darlington College in my constituency who are demanding fair funding for further education. Colleges build communities. They help young people to fulfil their potential, discover new talents and realise their ambitions. Colleges drive social mobility. They are the heart of local economic growth and provide the...
Jenny Chapman: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will be as quick as I can. Will the Secretary of State have a look at the 16-to-19 funding formula as applied to Darlington college and make sure that it has been done correctly?
Peter Gibson: ...and training opportunities. Further to this aim, and like my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham, who led the debate, I recently hosted my second apprenticeship and training fair at Darlington College. I was delighted to have almost 50 organisations represented, which were collectively recruiting for well over 700 opportunities in and around Darlington, alongside helpful tips and...
Peter Gibson: ...Top station, £23.3 million from the towns fund, £9.7 million for County Durham police, £4 million for main line improvements, £3.6 million to get Darlington building, £629,000 of funding for Darlington College and millions of pounds in covid support schemes and relief funds for Darlington Borough Council. This debate is another lacklustre attempt by Labour to create headlines and...
Iain Wright: ...is an important point. It was nice to see a number of my hon. Friends from the north-east. My hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mrs Chapman) mentioned Queen Elizabeth sixth-form college and Darlington college. In a former life, I audited those colleges, for my sins. My hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead told how in his part of the world-I think I audited Gateshead college too-EMA...
Peter Gibson: ...as Chancellor to choose Darlington. T-levels have now come to Darlington. They offer a fantastic new educational route for young people, helping to train the next generation of skilled workers. Darlington College has benefited from £2.69 million from the towns fund for a new engineering block. I have invited the Secretary of State for Education to open the extension, and I look forward to...
Kevan Jones: My hon. Friend makes a very good point. When I was a Minister, the average reading age of some of the infantry when they were recruited was 11 years of age. All credit to the Army and the Darlington College at Catterick for doing a great job of getting people’s reading ages up,. The problem that was spotted, which had never been spotted before, was dyslexia. Individuals had gone through the...
Jenny Chapman: My hon. Friend makes an important point. The review could do serious damage if we are not mindful of the impact on older learners, given the experience north of the border. One of the real problems is the confusion about courses, funding streams and where courses lead. A UCAS-style website could be created for vocational education, so that any learner can see for themselves what progression...
Alex Cunningham: We probably all have our favourite demonstration from our past. Mine was in the 1970s, when I was a student at Darlington College of Technology. It is lamentable that nowadays students do not spend more time on the streets demonstrating. I remember that day well, because we were going down the streets, shouting, “Heath out! Heath out!” That was the day that Heath resigned. We were very...
Peter Gibson: ...parliamentarians, including the Prime Minister and Mr Speaker himself. The Skerne Park Academy reading lobster scheme is hugely admirable, helping to inspire a lifelong love of reading in children. Darlington College is now delivering T-levels, and I was delighted to be at the opening of the brand-new engineering block, the Ingenium centre, along with the Secretary of State for Education....
Peter Gibson: ...term investment the Chancellor announced, building on the £23.3 million that Darlington has already secured under the towns fund programme. Those funds have already developed the Ingenium centre at Darlington College, helped fund the saving of and development of The Northern Echo building, which will house adult learning and skills, and restored many historic shop frontages, all of which...
Peter Gibson: .... I could also point to investment in green technology at Cummins and investment in life sciences, so key to our vaccine success, at the Centre for Process Innovation, together with investment in Darlington College. It would be remiss of me to not mention the fantastic job opportunities afforded to local people through the creation of the northern economic campus, ensuring that people in...
Alan Johnson: ...Drama(27) (28)— (28)— (28)— (28)— Coventry University 81,217 24,337 84 0 Cranfield University 106,690 12,967 33,098 0 Cumbria Institute of the Arts 4,957 712 19 0 Darlington College of Arts 2,818 516 0 0 De Montfort University 113,369 29,565 28 0 University of Derby 56,129 15,435 0 717 University of Durham 110,976 18,791 2,678 0...
